---
title: 'Barbara (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Christian Petzold'
released: '2012-02-11'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/barbara-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2178941/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Barbara (2012)

2012 · 105 min · Drama · Germany


## Synopsis

Barbara is a 2012 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold and starring Nina Hoss. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012, where Petzold won the Silver Bear for Best Director. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the shortlist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Christian Petzold](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-petzold)
- **Screenplay:** [Christian Petzold](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-petzold)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stefan Will](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-will)
- **Producer:** [Florian Koerner von Gustorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-koerner-von-gustorf), [Michael Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-weber-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Fromm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-fromm)
- **Editor:** [Bettina Böhler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bettina-bohler)

## Cast

- [Peter Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-benedict)
- [Alicia von Rittberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/alicia-von-rittberg)
- [Peer-Uwe Teska](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-uwe-teska)
- [Thomas Bading](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-bading)
- [Nina Hoss](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-hoss)
- [Rosa Enskat](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosa-enskat)
- [Kirsten Block](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-block)
- [Irene Rindje](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-rindje)
- [Peter Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weiss-2)
- [Susanne Bormann](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanne-bormann)
- [Mark Waschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-waschke)
- [Christoph Krix](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-krix)
- [Thomas Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-neumann)
- [Ronald Zehrfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-zehrfeld)
- [Rainer Bock](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-bock)

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Official site: http://www.barbara-der-film.de/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/barbara-2012
Film facts: Wikidata (Q708737); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.